The Acer Predator Helios 300 Special Edition gives a great gaming laptop a glamorous look, but you pay a premium for the gorgeous eye candy. And the keyboard backlighting is atrocious. Acer’s Predator ...

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The Acer Predator Helios 300 is a comfortable, no-nonsense gaming laptop that delivers a refreshing amount of bang for your buck The Acer Predator Helios 300 isn’t quite perfect. The display runs ...

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There's a vast gulf between the dreamy notion of glasses-free 3D – extra visual depth without any clunky eye-wear! – and the reality: fuzzy imagery, buggy execution, and headaches. Oh, the headaches.

When I told some of my middle school students I would be reviewing the Acer Predator Helios 300, their eyes lit up. They all agreed the laptop has a great reputation within the gaming community. The ...

Don't want to—or can't afford to—shell out kilobucks on a gaming laptop? Today's midrange GeForce-based models fill that void. Among them: Acer's Predator Helios 300 (starting at $1,099.99; $1,299.99 ...

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There's no mistaking the Predator Helios 300 for anything but a gaming laptop, with its all-black chassis, angled lid corners, aggro rear cooling vents, and turquoise-backlit Predator logo on the lid.

Don't want to—or can't afford to—shell out kilobucks on a gaming laptop? Today's midrange GeForce-based models fill that void. Among them: Acer's Predator Helios 300 (starting at $1,099.99; $1,299.99 ...

With its GeForce GTX 1060 graphics, the Helios 300 will run most any game you throw at it with agility. The lid bears two crimson streaks etched on either side of a gray-metal Predator logo. The rear ...